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The Independent Crossword August 16 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 117 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Independent Crossword August 16 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 117 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Unfairly treats Tottenham, switching kick-offs in Premier LeagueSLURS5Across1 Young salmonPARR4Across1 Vex playfullyTEASE5Across3 Elland Road revamped after Environment Agency’s leaked letterLANDLORD8Across4 Type of bronzeGUNMETAL8Across7 Back of the neckNAPE4Across8 Coastal town in North Somerset on the Severn Estuary that is the location of the headquarters of Avon and Somerset ConstabularyPORTISHEAD10Across9 Easy progress (Informal)PLAINSAILING12Across9 StripDIVEST6Across10 1991 film with Rik Mayall in the title roleDROPDEADFRED12Across10 Former court specialist running Merseyside districtEVERTON7Across10 French side secures title in small home venueCOTTAGE7Across11 Premier League champions in 19 & 24?REDS4Across12 Inspiration found by Brentford initially, before inclement weatherBRAINSTORM10Across13 Over the moonELATED6Across13 The county town of County Mayo in the Republic of IrelandCASTLEBAR9Across15 Second to bid and not backing spades or clubsIRONS5Across15 Twitcher's activityBIRDWATCHING12Across15 See 50BRIANEPSTEIN12Across16 Continue to provide for an idiotKEEPATIT8Across17 Rodolphe ___, Swiss chocolate manufacturer who invented the conching machine and other processes to improve the quality of chocolateLINDT5Across17 Traditional enemies of the mods in British youth cultureROCKERS7Across18 NeatTIDY4Across19 Made use ofUTILISED8Across20 Steam train maybe beating metro back to Snyder, NYRETRONYM8Across20 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf centring on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of SkyeTOTHELIGHTHOUSE15Across20 ThrustLUNGE5Across21 The main championship game of American football, held annually in JanuarySUPERBOWL9Across22 ElderlyAGED4Across22 Virginia sick, stuck in holiday homeVILLA5Across23 The most sensuous word in the English language, according to Philip Marlow in Dennis Potter's The Singing DetectiveELBOW5Across25 Case of ales going round cast disturbs writers of farceABSURDISTS10Across25 Alias of Larry Dimmick in the film Reservoir Dogs, played by Harvey KeitelMRWHITE7Across27 Sunderland exhausted admits assistant, danger sign missedSPAD4Across27 2012 Oliver Stone film based on the novel of the same name by Don WinslowSAVAGES7Across29 Another name for caustic sodaSODIUMHYDROXIDE15Across30 Pep a revolutionary providing continental fareBRIOCHE7Across30 Trendy seaside resort to the east of BritainRIGHTON7Across31 Fruit that woman fed to hawksCHERRIES8Across32 Aggressive opponent showing hunger at the Bridge?TROLL5Across33 A garden tool or machine used on lawns to improve soil drainage and encourage worms, microfauna and microfloraAERATOR7Across34 A bird of the family StrigidaeTRUEOWL7Across35 Character in Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid who was a brother-in-arms of HectorMISENUS7Across36 Oscar-winning musical based on the memoir of Maria von TrappTHESOUNDOFMUSIC15Across37 Commercial music streaming service launched in Sweden in October 2008SPOTIFY7Across38 ___ Monday is the first Monday of the yearHANDSEL7Across39 Leather finished with a fine velvet-like napSUEDE5Across41 The ___, comic strip, about a team of tiny human-like technicians who live inside heads, that first appeared in The Beezer in 1962NUMSKULLS9Across42 Former Rugby League competition last won by Leigh Centurions in 2013NORTHERNRAILCUP15Across44 Capital of the Finistère department of BrittanyQUIMPER7Across48 Manager of the Beatles from 1962 to 1967BRIANEPSTEIN12Across50 ___ of Asha, single by Cornershop that reached number one in the UK chart in 1998BRIMFUL7Across51 Character played by Bernard Youens in Coronation Street from 1964 to 1984STANOGDEN9Across52 1981 film starring John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn and Clare GroganGREGORYSGIRL12Across54 1850 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, that is a requiem for his friend Arthur Henry HallamINMEMORIAM10Across55

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Admits to office small error hemming dressSWEARSIN8Down1 ChubbyPLUMP5Down1 Greek philosopher who held that the highest good is pleasureEPICURUS8Down1 Turn over depleted Palace, stuffing faceless reservesUPEND5Down2 Search unsystematicallyRUMMAGE7Down2 Greek god of love whose Roman counterpart was CupidEROS4Down2 Land cultivationTILLAGE7Down3 Underground network station announcedSETT4Down3 Michael Jackson single that topped the US and UK charts simultaneously in 1983BILLIEJEAN10Down3 1968 film in which Tony Curtis starred as Albert DeSalvoTHEBOSTONSTRANGLER18Down4 Make voidANNUL5Down4 StretchEXPANSE7Down5 Vault that is holding Wolves' no.4's record collectionARCHIVE7Down5 Bird to which the adjective psittacine relatesPARROT6Down5 AstonishSTUN4Down6 Selection of tweed at establishment occasionsDATES5Down6 A marine percoid fish of the family LabridaeWRASSE6Down6 See 3BILLIEJEAN10Down7 Rising register Coot slipped into test of public speakingORATORIAL9Down7 'Lovely' doctor disreputable removing topDREAMY6Down8 Constantin ___, Romanian artist and patriarch of modern sculptureBRANCUSI8Down8 Waterproof article fine for Gunners to wearANORAK6Down9 Andrew ___, name Eric Morecambe gave to André Previn during his appearance on The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show in 1971PREVIEW7Down11 FirstINITIAL7Down11 Speak badly ofTRADUCE7Down12 Fabian ___, former Leeds United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton footballer who won 20 England capsDELPH5Down12 Nickname of Arthur Honegger's Symphony No. 5DITRERE7Down13 Character who marries Estella in the novel Great Expectations by Charles DickensBENTLEYDRUMMLE14Down14 Addict's plan that's cunning, top to bottomUSER4Down14 EnduringABIDING7Down14 Appalling if English person starts a fightOPENSFIRE9Down16 Senior memberDOYEN5Down16 Stylishly fashionableCHIC4Down17 Antipodean PM taking motorhome over to the south of AustraliaARVO4Down18 AvariceGREED5Down18 Number 1? He's picked Pope!CARDINAL8Down19 Republic in the Atlantic off the coast of West Africa whose capital is PraiaCAPEVERDE9Down19 New 'first class' medic joining Spain shows inexperienceNAIVETE7Down21 A note known as a sixty-fourth note in North AmericaHEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER18Down21 Angrily rate start of Man United's seasonMATURE6Down22 The ___ Brothers were the musical duo Bill Medley and Bobby HatfieldRIGHTEOUS9Down23 Give funny order to "be calm and get wine"MALBEC6Down24 Kingdom in southern Africa whose capital is MaseruLESOTHO7Down24 One running Forest's midfield wheels roundRACER5Down26 American rock band whose best known songs is (Don't Fear) The ReaperBLUEOYSTERCULT14Down26 Music festival held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in the Catskills in August 1969WOODSTOCK9Down28 At one bathing in river that backs onto housePATIO5Down28 1971 film starring Richard Roundtree in the title roleSHAFT5Down29 Diverse group of leaders in Burnley's team get lads playingLGBT4Down29 A bass tuba that coils over the shoulder of a band musicianHELICON7Down31 Editor of Private Eye who is also a team captain on the BBC quiz show Have I Got News for YouIANHISLOP9Down32 In philately, a design for a stamp submitted to the postal authorities for consideration but not usedESSAY5Down33 Item in which John Worthing was famously found in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being EarnestHANDBAG7Down39 Another name for a hookahNARGILEH8Down40 Sport based on an activity that was a central part of ancient Polynesian cultureSURFING7Down41 South American country whose capital is ParamariboSURINAME8Down43 1953 Western, starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page, based on the short story The Gift of Cochise by Louis L'AmourHONDO5Down45 Large town in Greater London that is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of RedbridgeILFORD6Down46 Nicola ___, Italian sculptor noted for his pulpit in the baptistry of Pisa CathedralPISANO6Down47 A crustacean of the order that includes woodliceISOPOD6Down49 1996 film starring Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas, loosely based on a short story by James SalterBOYS4Down51 Chocolate bar that originated in Sweden and Norway in 1953DAIM4Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Independent crossword published on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.